Title: Understanding bound water content and water binding strength in Faecal Sludge from on-site sanitation technologies and human faeces
KSA 3
Thrust : Sustainable Municipal Wastewater and Sanitation
Programme : 5
ToR ID – 1009781
Closing Date : 1 July 2019
Contact Person:
-Dr Sudhir Pillay sudhirp@wrc.org.za Scientific queries
The understanding of faecal sludge dewatering and drying behaviour remains a major bottleneck in the cost efficiency of current faecal sludge beneficiation technologies.
This project seeks to address two challenges in parallel; i) provide insight to the scientific processes that limit faecal sludge dewatering and drying processes, with emphasis of water binding in faecal sludges, and ii) to develop appropriate techniques and methodology to scientifically evaluate water binding in faecal sludges.
It is envisaged that the research will result in following benefits. First, it will provide process optimization for volume and mass reduction which can reduce the cost of transport and subsequent treatment. Second, sludge that is processed with a low moisture content and significant organic content can be repurposed into biofuel. And lastly, the research will result in the development of standardized methods for faecal sludge characterization.
